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(No Model.) R. H. GUDGEON.

ADJUSTABLE MA L.

atrited Mar. 14,1882.

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ROBERT H. GUDGEON, OF W'JNGHESTER, COUNTY OF IIANTS, ENGLAND.

ADJUSTABLEMANTEL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 254,868, dated March 14,1582. Application filed November 121881. (No model.) Patented in England February 8, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT Honsnnnv GUDGEON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britaimresiding at \Vinchester, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Chimney-Pieces, Chimney-Piece Coverings, Mantel-Boards, and Super-Mantels, (for which I have obtained a patent in England, No.536, dated 8th February, 1881, sealed 13th May, 188l,) of which the following is aspecificatiou.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of chimney-pieces, the improvements being also applicable to what are known as chimney-piece coverings, mantelboards, and super-mantels, whereby they are made portable and suitable forchimneyopenings and places of different dimensions.

In carrying out my invention 1 construct thejambs, frieze, and mantel-board, and also the super-mantel, of the chimney-piece or of the chimney-piece covering in separate parts or frames of suitable material, and so fit them together that theparts can slide one on the other, as required; or the mantel-board or super-mantel may be used separately from the chimney-piece or chimney-piece covering.

But to make my invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing a suitable construction of chimneypieee or chimney-piece covering with supermantel for carrying out my improvements; Fig. 2, a back elevation of the same; Figs. 3 and 4, vertical transverse sections takeuthrough the lines A B and (J D, respectively; Fig. 5, a plan, the mantel-board and super-mantel being removed; Fig. 6, plan of the under side of the mantelboard, and Figs. 7 and 8 details.

Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.

(6 a are the jambs of the chimney-piece or covering, constructed, as shown, to slideiand to be adjustable within the plinths I) b by means of the slides e c, the pins d (1 serving for fixing thejambs to any required height to suit the heightof the chimney-piece or of the opening or grate to be covered. The jambs a a are provided'at their upper ends, where joined by the frieze, with dovetail grooves e e, to receive the ends of the friezeff, formed with a dovetail, g, at each end to fit and slide in the said grooves. The frieze is formed in threeparts, the two outer parts,ff, sliding on the center piece, f, and capable ofbeing extended so as to be adjustable to suit different widths of fireplace openings or 'chimneg-pieces.

7! h is the mantel-board of the covering or casing, constructed similarly to the frieze, so as in alike manner to be adjustable to suit different widths, as required.

The. tops of the jambs aaare provided with shifting panelst', formed with groovesj, to slide on projections in the jambs. This arrangement allows, in the case of a chimney-piece covering, of being adapted, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, to chimney-pieces constructed with brackets or consoles; or where there are no brackets the panels 5 may lie flush with the face of the jambs, as shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 8 is a detached view of the panel 6. The supermantel is constructed similarly to the frieze, so as to be extensible, as required.

By these improvements it will be seen that the parts constituting the chimney-piece, chimney-piece covering, mantelboard, or supermantcl, being constructed so as to slide one on the other, can be adjusted to different sizes or forms of grates or openings or chimney-pieces without requiring to be specially made and without the assistance of skilled labor to fix them, as the height of thejambs or the width of the frieze, mantel-board, and su 'ier inantel can, as hereinbefore described, be lengthened or shortened by sliding the parts of which they are constructed inward or outward the one on the other. V

These improved chimney-piece chimneypiece coverings, mantel-boards, and super-inantels may be fixed in position in any suitable manner, and can be removed and replaced with great facility and without in any way injuring the walls of the apartment, and for removal can be taken to pieces and packed iira comparatively small space.

It willbe understood that the mantel-boards and super-mantels may, as hereinbefore described, be used separately from the chimneypieces or chimney-piece eoverin gs.

Having thus describcd the nature of my invention and the best means with which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I

would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein laid down to a a, and adjustable friezeff, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of the slides c c, jambs a a, adjustable frieze ff, and mantel-board h h, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of the slides c 0, jambs a a. adjustable frieze ff, mantel-board h h, I

and shifting panels i, substantially as shown and described. l

5. The combination of the adjustable frieze, composed of the partf and of the shiftingdovetailed piecesff with the jambs a; provided at the upper ends with dovetail grooves e e.

6. The shifting panels 15, formed with the series of grooves j, in combination with corresponding projections on thejambs, as and for 25 the purposes shown and described.

' ROBERT HORSELEY GUDGEON.

Witnesses:

F. PRICE, A. ALBUTT. 

